Sad-iron support



No. 614,950. Patented Nov. 29, I898. W. H. HAWKES.

SAD IRON SUPPORT.

(Application filed Sept. 8, 1896.)

(No Model.)

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WILLIAM H. HAWVKES, (5F GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAD-IRON SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,950, dated November 29, 1898.

Application filed September 8, 1896. Serial No. 605,062. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HAWKES, of Greenfield, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad- Iron Supports, of which the followingis a de-' scription sufficiently'full, clear, and exact to enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains or with which it is most nearly connected to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to means for supporting a heated sad orflat iron when temporarily put aside by an ironer, so that it may not burn or otherwise injure the thing upon which it may be for the time being placed.

It is the object of the invention to provide an inexpensive and simple device for the purpose mentioned which may be easily and readily clamped upon the bow-irons of the handles, be adjust-able thereon so as to suit it, as may be desired, to any size of family iron, and be entirely out of the way of interfering with the ordinary use of the iron.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the annexed draw ings, and to the letters marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a fiat-iron equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the iron in the position on a table that it will have when the support is employed so as to subserve the purpose of its creation. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same, the upper portion of the bowirons and handle being shown as cut off.

In the drawings, a designates the body or base of the iron, 19 the bow-irons of the handle, and c the handle proper. These may be of the ordinary form shown or of any other suited to the purpose, my improvements not having extended to any modification thereof, but merely to a device adapted to be connected therewith.

(1 cl designate two parallel bars or rods of metal or other suitable material which are adapted to be clamped upon the bow-irons b, I

one upon one and the other upon the other side of the same, as shown. To secure the clamp-irons in place, as described, I pass headed bolts 6 through the same provided with nuts f, turned on the screw-threaded ends thereof. One of the bolts may pass through a slot g, formed in each of the clampirons, so as to render the position of the bolt adjustable along the length of the slots.

h is the rest, which consists of a length of metal bent into how or dovetail or other suitable form at its center and having its ends brought to shape and position to adapt them to be adj ustably secured in or upon the clamp-irons with the bowed part projecting from or beyond the heel of the body a of the 1ron.

I may employ one of the bolts 6 to secure the rest it to the clamp-irons, making the said bolt serve a double purpose, using, if need be, spacing rings or pieces 15 on the said bolt between the clamp-irons, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. This construction affords a firm connection of the rest it in the clamp-irons.

The rest h is made adjustable in its connection With the clamp-irons in order that it may be suited to flat-irons of varying sizes or weights.

A way of adjusting the rest with respect to the clamp-irons is by moving the ends of the rest which lie on the clamp-irons farther inward or outward thereon before clamping them in position, all as will be readily understood without further description.

In the use of the invention the clamp-irons will be arranged on the opposite sides of and be secured to both of the bow-irons, and the rest it will be connected with and adjusted on or in the clamp-irons in any desired way. When it is wanted to put the heated iron aside for a few moments in order to permit the ironer to turn or fold the article being operated upon, the iron will simply be turned upon its heel, so that it will rest upon the rest It and one of the bow-irons, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position it can readily be placed and taken hold of again when ironing is to be resumed. In this way the use of an iron stand may be dispensed with, since the iron can be placed wherever it may be most convenient to put it and all danger of burning the ironing-cloth or other thing is entirely avoided.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a Way of constructing and using the same, though Without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, it is declared that what is claimed is- 1. The combination, with the bow-irons, of the clamp -irons arranged on the opposite sides of the bow-irons and secured thereto, and the rest adjustably connected with the clamp-irons and extending beyond the heel of the base or body of the iron, as and for the purpose set forth. 

